Addressing machine or like printing machine



Jan. 29 1924. 1,482,213

L. M. BARMAN- ADDRESSING MACHINE OR LIKE PRINTING MACHINE Filed Au 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 29 1924.

L. M. BARMAN ADDRESS 1N6 MACHINE 0R L'IKE PRINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 21 I922 llll 71/1/14 J 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNVE/VTOK 400/5 1% EFF/40M wm Kqw Patented Jan. 29, 1924.

ire r LoUIs MAURICE BAR-Manor Lennon, ENGLAND.

' ADDRESSING MACHINE 0R LIKE PRINTING MACHINE.

Application filed August 21, 1922. Serial No. 583,422.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MAUnron BAR- MAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Roneo Building, 5. Holborn, London, E. C. 1, England, Great Britain, have invented new and useful Improvements in Addressing Machines or like Printing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Thi invention relates to improvements in addressing or'like printing'machines of the type wherein stencil cards are employed, the said cards being removed one at a. time from a pile stacked in a hopper or magazine, under the action of a reciprocating pusher member working in a slide way or track which positions the card for printing between a segmented or mutilated inking roller and a similarly formed presser roller.

a With machines of thi -class no provision has been'made for allowing a series of imprints to be taken from one card, as the action of the machine has been such that each turn of theoperating handle causes the pusher member-to present a fresh card for printing and the card newly presented pushes the previously used stencil card beyond the action of the inking and presser rollers.

'Now, the object of the present invention is to provide means whereby, at the will of the operator, mechanism is brought into action which permits the pile of'stencils to be removed from the path of the reciproeating pusher member so that the stencil card last moved into position by the said pusher member may be re-positioned' for printing one or more addresses.

Such a feature is advantageous in that stocks of addressed envelopes, wrappers, labels or'the like may be kept.

The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, whereon Fig. 1 is a view of a complete addressing machine to which the invention is applied.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hopper or magazine showing part of the device according to the invention.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the device in its inoperative position.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of the device as it appears in operation.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings the hopper or magazine comprises two standards A bolted to a fixed slideway or track B supported by brackets C from the main casting D and within the hopper is a stack of stencil cards E. To one of the side standards A is pivotally attached a pair of arms or brackets F which support between them a set of distributing rollers G one of which contacts, at will, with an ink roller contained in the ink trough H. The ink collected by rollers Gris imparted to a mutllated or segmented inking roller J secured on a spindle K rotatable by the handle L through a pinion M (shown in dotted lines). The pinion M drives a second pinion N upon the shaft of which 0 is secured a mutilated or segmented presser roller (not shown).

The pinion N drivesoa third pinion P mounted upon a crank shaftiQ which by a connecting rod (not shown) actuates the reciprocating pushermember R which reciprocates in the slideway ortrack B, and at each forward movement acts upon the lowermost stencil card and pushes it along the slideway to a position for printing between the mutilated inking roller J and the presser roller, at which point an envelope, label, wrapper or the like is fed in under the stencil from the back of the machine. The stencils E aS they are used are pushed along the slideway B and fall into the hopper S. V a

According to the present invention the reciprocating member R which acts upon the lowermost stencil card which falls by gravity on to the lip pieces T (Fig. 2) is provided with a central slot opening 1 so that the top of the main casting D is exposed. The casting D is bored out for the receptionof T-shaped member 2 the top, or horizontal bar of which rests, in its normal position between and below the edges of the slot or opening 1 of the pusher member (Fig. 3).

The stem of the member 2 passes downwardly through the casting D and rests upon a surface of a bar or lever 3 which can be reciprocated by a bent crank 4 supported in brackets 5 secured to the inside wall of the machine, the end of the crank 4, preferably projecting outwardly from the casing and having a handle or lever 6 fitted thereto. The stem of the member 2 is preferably enclosed in a casing 7 which is secured by screws or like means to the casting D, and the casing is provided with a slot 8 Within which reciprocates the end of the bar or lever 3. The end of the lever 3 is fashioned With a slope 5 which acts upon the extremity of the member 2;-

W'hen the member 2 is resting upon the slope 3 (Fig. 2.) the stencil cards E are" in the position for Withdrawal, one at a time, by the reciprocating pusher member R, and a new stencil card is produced forp'rinting between the inking roller J and. the

presser roller, at each forward stroke of the pusher member. hen however, the operator depresses the lever 6 as indicated by the arrows in F igs, 1 and 3 the crank 4:

turns and affords, in turning, a reciprocatlng movement to the lever or bolt 3 which pusher member R so that a number of im pressions may be taken from the last advanced card which maybe returned, by hand, for action between the inking roller J and the presser roller mounted on spindle O.

When a sufficient number of impressions from a stencil have been acquired'the op"- erator raises 'the lever 6 and this action causesthe bolt 3 to be withdrawn so that the member 2 sinks bygravity or under the weight of the cards E to a position below the path of the pusher member R, and successive printing from -stencil cards is re sumed, or a new card is released for duplieating names and addresses on envelopes, labels, or Wrappers, or for other purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of 'theIlnited States is as follows 1, In addressing or like printing machines the use and employment of mechanism whereby at the will of the operator the mechanism operates to remove the pile of stencils from the path of the reciprocating pusher member.

'2. In addressing or like printing machines, means for placingthe stencils out of action comprising a pusher member provided With a central slot thereby exposing the main casting, and a T shape member passing through said casting the head of said member being normally below the slot in the pusher member, and means acting upon said T shape member whereby 1t s lifted above the slot to lift the stencils clear of the pusher member.

3. In addresslng or llkeprlnting machines, means for placing the stencils above the plane of the pusher membtancomprising a slot in the pus'hermember, a T shape member passing through the casting the head of which acts upon the stencil cards prising a slotted. pusher member, a T shape member disposed between the edges of the slot, a casing for said T shape member, a slot in said casing, and a. rod or bolt adapt ed to be reciprocated in said slot to'lift the T shape member'clear of the stencils.

5. In addressing or like printing ma-' chines means for preventing the feed of stencils from a hopper or magazine comprising a slotted reciprocating pusher meniber, a T shapemember, a casing for said member having a slot therein and a rod or:

bolt acting in'said slot, the free end of said bolt havinga slope for lifting the' rT shape member to raise the stencil cards fabovethe plane of the pusher member. I

6; In addressing or like printing machines means for counteracting the feed of stencils from a hopper or magazine comprising a slotted pusher member, a T shape member, a casing for said T shape member slotted for the reception of a rod or bolt, a slope upon the free end'of the beltfor acting upon the stem of the T shap'e'piece, a crank attached to the endiot the bolt said crank being supportedin brackets secured to the main castingand a lever for acting the crank, bolt and T piece.- 7

In testimonyjwhereof I have signed my name to this specification. l 4

LOUIS MAURICE BARMAN. 

